At the time the land was bought it was a farm on the waters edge, it is now surrounded on three sides by houses, roads and a business centre including a bus and train station. Development of the urban area has taken precedence over the golf course and seen the British designed course reduced in size over the decades. Because of the golf courses proximity to houses the maintenance staff can’t operate machinery until a reasonable hour; therefore golfers can’t start until later than other clubs and three days a week can’t play in the mornings. The photo above is the machines working in the morning, ground blowers, mowers, weed trimmers etc they make a lot of noise. We can even hear the golfers teeing off.